Police in Kentucky rescued two infant twins from a horrific situation on Wednesday.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports two six-month-old twins were found soaked in urine and in "grave danger of suffocation" in a vehicle.

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Police were called to a gas station in Versailles when a clerk reported two people had been sitting at a gas pump for several hours.

"We're very fortunate that the clerks there called to alert the police department and let us know what was going on," said Versailles Police Lt. Michael Fortney told WKYT.

The arrest report states the infants' parents, Crystal Cramer and Christopher Smith, said their car had broken down and they were working to get it fixed. Police only discovered the children after the couple mentioned the kids and motioned to the backseat.

The officer had to dig through garbage bags filled with clothes to find the infants, who were turning purple in the 30-degree weather and “completely soiled in urine."

The parents argued the children were safe because they had been checking on them every 50 miles.

Emergency medical services were called to evaluate the children, who were then placed in protective custody. Police found meth in Cramer's purse.

"When you deal with crimes against children it really hits home," Fortney said. "All of us are parents or aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, so it hits home."

Cramer and Smith were charged with wanton endangerment and criminal abuse. In addition, Cramer was charged with possession of a controlled substance and promoting contraband.